NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, Oktobha 6, 2022
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Yintoni embi ngaphezu kokubeka emngciphekweni ukutshatyalaliswa kobomi eMhlabeni ngemfazwe yenyukliya kunye nokudalwa kobusika benyukliya? Yintoni ebaluleke ngaphezu kokukhusela umhlaba ekuweni kwemozulu ngokukhawuleza okuya kuba sisimbuku senyukliya?
Ngaba ufuna ndithi "isibindi" okanye "ukulunga" okanye "inkululeko"? Okanye "ukuma kuPutin"? Andiyi kuyenza. Impendulo ecacileyo ilungile: akukho nto. Akukho nto ibaluleke ngaphezu kokulondoloza ubomi. Abafileyo banenkululeko encinci kwaye abafuni ukuma kuPutin.
Ukuba ufuna ukuba abaphuli-mthetho bemfazwe baphendule, cela urhulumente wase-US ukuba axhase iNkundla yoLwaphulo-mthetho lwamazwe ngamazwe kunye nomthetho womthetho kubo bonke, kuquka namaMerika, kanye njengoko umtshutshisi oyiNtloko wase-US uJustice Robert Jackson wathembisa eNuremberg. Kodwa musa ukubeka esichengeni iArmagedon.
Ukuba ndinethamsanqa elibi lokuzifumana ndindedwa kwingqushu kunye nobumnyama behlabathi elihlala amaphela, ingcinga ethi "Ewe, ubuncinci besima kuPutin," ayizukuhamba kakuhle kwimonologue yam yangaphakathi. Iza kulandelwa ngoko nangoko ziingcinga: “Ngubani ogqibe ekubeni enze laa jek incinci ibe namandla kangaka? Bekufanele ukuba kukho iwaka leminyaka elongezelelweyo lobomi kunye nothando kunye novuyo kunye nobuhle. Ufanele ukuba ngumbhalo osemazantsi kwimibhalo yembali engacacanga.”
Kodwa unokubuza, yintoni enye indlela yokubeka emngciphekweni imfazwe yenyukliya? Ukungqengqa nokunika imikhosi ehlaselayo nantoni na abayifunayo? Ngelixa oko kuya kuba njalo, ewe, enye indlela ekhethwayo, kukho ezingcono kakhulu ezikhoyo kwaye bezisoloko zikhona.
Enye indlela inokuba kukuyeka ukudubulana, uthethathethwano, kunye nokuthotywa kwezixhobo, nokuba oko kuthetha ukwenza isivumelwano neRussia. Khumbula ukuba ii-compromises ngamashishini ahlukeneyo; oku kuya kubandakanya iRussia ukwenza isivumelwano kunye neUkraine.
Ngamazwe amaninzi axhasa ukupheliswa kokudubula kunye nothethathethwano kwiinyanga ngoku, kwaye kumazwi amva nje kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo, akufuneki ukuba urhulumente wase-US awuthathele ingqalelo lo mbono?
Nokuba inkxaso yokupheliswa kokudubula kunye nothethathethwano ayizizo iimbono zesininzi eUnited States, ngaba abafanelanga ukuba baqwalaselwe kumaqonga oluntu ekucingelwa ukuba axhasa ubundlobongela obukhulu ngenjongo yokukhusela idemokhrasi?
AbaMongameli baseUkraine naseRussia babhengeze ukuba abayi kuxoxisana ngekamva layo nayiphi na imimandla. Ukanti omabini la macala aceba iimfazwe ezinde, ukuba azinasiphelo. Okukhona imfazwe iqhubeka, kokukhona iba nkulu ingozi yokusetyenziswa kwezixhobo zenyukliya.
Omabini amacala ebekulungele ukuthetha-thethana kwaye angaphinda abe kwakhona. Omabini amacala aphumelele ukuthethathethana ngokuthumela ngaphandle ukutya okuziinkozo kunye notshintshiselwano lwamabanjwa - ngoncedo lwangaphandle, kodwa olo ncedo lunokubonelelwa kwakhona, ngokulula njengoko kunokubakho izixhobo ezininzi.
Njengoko sisondela kwisikhumbuzo se-60 seNgxaki ye-Missile yaseCuba, imibuzo emininzi iphakama. Kwakutheni ukuze siyivumele isondele kangaka? Kwakutheni ukuze kamva sicinge ukuba ingozi ayisekho? Kutheni uVasily Arkhipov engahlonitshwa ngolunye uhlobo lwemali yase-US? Kodwa kwakhona oku: kwakutheni ukuze uMongameli uKennedy abe nemfihlo malunga nokutsala imijukujelwa yase-US eTurkey ngelixa efuna ukuba iiSoviets zizikhuphe esidlangalaleni eCuba?
Ngaba siyazisola ngokwenza oko? Ngaba besingathanda ukuba sibe neminyaka engama-60 edlulileyo ekhoyo, ukuze uKennedy ala ukunika i-intshi eKhrushchev? Yeyiphi ipesenti yabantu baseMelika enokuthi yathini amagama amabini okuqala kaKhrushchev okanye ukuba wawunjani umsebenzi wakhe? Bekufanele sife sonke okanye singazalwanga ukuze simelane naloo mfo? Ngaba ngokwenene sicinga ukuba ukukhetha ukulondoloza ubomi eMhlabeni ngelixa emi kwiinjengele zakhe kunye nabaphathi bakhe benza uKennedy igwala?
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